How anyone can say that Sherk will not be the Champ at the end of the year?Barring an upset and the past few months have shown that.

Sherk might be the most underrated MMA figher out there.

31-2-1 is no joke.2 loses to Hughes(decision) and GSP (KO). In not his real weight class.

He has beaten Karo (twice) and Gamburyan (My pick to be TUF5 winner).

Franca will be a tough fight, but when he beats him, I PRAY, that UFC gets Gomi over here and Sherk will RIP him a new one. Just take a look at what Diaz did to him.

Sherk is amazing, and he should beat Franca, but Franca has some dangerous ground skills, but so did KenFlo.

Back to the topic.

Heavyweight Champion: Gabriel GonzalezLight Heavyweight Champion: Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (Should be his last fight of the year after Hendo)Middleweight: Rich "Ace" FranklinWelterweight: Matt "The Terra" SerraLightweight: Sean "The Muscle Shark" Sherk (he will beat Hermes and take 6 months off probably)

Next year 'll say I dunno by May here is what the list may look likeHeavyweight; FedorLight Heavyweight: Wanderlei SilvaMiddleweight: Evan Tanner (Call me crazy, or just bias)Welterweight: Karo ParsyianLightweight: Sean Sherk

Heavyweight: Gonzaga or Fedor(as long as he signs). Fedor will get pushed into the main event quickly ala Dan Henderson.

Light Heavyweight: Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. Seeing as how Henderson is likely his last fight for 07.

Middleweight: Nate Marquardt. I think the winner of the Silva/Marquardt match up will be champ until 08' when they will have to face a Filho or Kang. As of right now I see Nate doing it.

Welterweight: Matt Hughes. He should beat Serra and won't defend again until Early 08'

Lightweight: BJ Penn. Seeing as how winner of the TUF Finale pretty much gets a title shot. I think Penn wins that and then faces winner of Sherk/Franca late in the year and takes the title he always wanted.

If you think about it. title shots are all aligned already for the rest of the year and early next year.